I watched this tail slapping and slowly started to approach thinking that the activity would soon stop. But to my delight, the whale kept tail slapping for a long time allowing me to take my time to get close enough for a few frames. I guess the whale slapped its tail well over 50 times.-Mark Kelley
A humpback whale engages in fluke slapping in Icy Strait – Image 2030
“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark…